Improvement in targets



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Targets. NO-S 248 Patented March 3,1874.

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- specification, in which drawing- OTTO SOHNEELOOH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TARGET-s.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,248, dated Merch 3, 1874; application filed February 4, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO ScENEELocE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Target-s, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exa-ct description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ot' this Figure l represents a front view of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the Y Stime.

which is operated by a cord and pulley, or-

other suitable means.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a target, which may be round, square, or of any other convenient form or shape. This target is divided in a number of sections, a a, the

shape of which depends upon the form ofthe target, and which are square or triangular if the target is square, or which may form segments of zones if the target is round. These sections are made of `strong sheet-steel, or of other material capable of resisting the action of a bullet, and they are secured to the ends of rods b, that extend through guideholes in a frame, B, forming the backing of the target, and the support for the indicating mechanism. Round the rods b are wound springs c, which have a tendency to force the sections a outward "away from the backingframe B, and each of the sections ct may he provided with a secondary guide-pin, d, to prevent the same from turning round. The inner or rear ends of the rods b connect, by bars e, with slides f, which are situated on the top of the backing-frame B, and each of which is provided with a lip, g, that bears against a rod, It, which swings on a' stationary arbor, t', secured in standards O, which rise from the backing-frame. On each of the rods his secured an index, D, one such index being provided for each of the sections a, and said rod and indexes are so situated that whenever one of the rods is turned down, the index attached thereto will lie uponv the center of the corre.- sponding section of the target, as shownin Fig. l, where one of the indexes is turned down. On one end of the index-arbor t' is mountedloosely a pulley7 E, from the inner side of which extends a rod, j, parallel to the arbor t'. This rod serves to turn up or raise such of the indexes as may have been turned down. The pulley E, which carries the liftingrodj, is operated by a cord, k, that is wound once or twice around said pulley, and has attached to one end a weight, l, which has a tendency to carry the lifting-rod down against the face of the backing-frame. By pulling` the opposite end of said cord, the lifting-rod is turned up so as to raise such ofthe indexes as had previously been turned down. It' a bullet strikes one of the sections a of the target, said section is forced in against the action of its spring c, and by the action of the corresponding slide lj the index which corresponds to the section, is caused to turn down. It will be readily seen that the connection between the rods b, which support the sections a, and between the index-supportin g rods h, might be effected in many diii'erent ways-for instance, by bell-crank levers, or by any other system of levers-and I do not wish to conline myself in this respect to the precise mechanism shown.

The various sections and correspondingl indexes may be distinguished by di'erent colors, so that the part of the target which has been hit can be readily observed from a distance.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a series of indexes with a target made in sections, each section being connected with its own index by one or more levers, or otherI suitable mechanism, so that whenever one of the sections is hit the corresponding index drops down on the same, substantially as shown and described.

. OTTO SOHNEELOGH.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, HENRY GENTNER. 

